New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-05-01
TO-NIGHT.
sWEEPING-CAP SOCIAL.
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF
Young Ladies, Rome .Nissionaru soeietu.

Young Ladies Home Missionary Society.
Each lady to have Sweeping Caps both OF which
to be numbered one OF these she wears, and the
from the caps, which entities them TO the aies wearing
the caps which bear the corresponding numOer.
Twenty-Five cents will buy cap lady and supper fo
sale of caps to commence at o'clock.
THE YOUNG RECRUITS BAND
Have kindly consented to furnish appropriate musi,
COME AND HELP ON GOOD CAUSE.
Ex-Judge L. Bradford Prince has given up all his
own important private business tor year. In order
that he may present the claims OF the Building Fund
Commission OF the Episcopal Church in the various
doceses of the Church. tbs hoped that before the
next General Convention meets in 1889 the sual Of
$1,000, 900 will be raised, the income Of which will
be used 10 tuild churches.
The Congregational Year Book tor 1887 shows that
there in all 4277 churches this country, having
436,379 members, 1000 ministers o2l 9S3 Sunday
School scholars. There Congregational churches
in all the States and Territories except Delaware add
Alaska. The denomination has seven theological
semluaries. The National Council of the Congrega-
tonal Churches OF the United States was organized
November IL, 1871. It meets every third year The
last meeting at Chicago 10 1856, and the next
will be at Worcester, Mass, in October, 1880
Some of us Catholics" says that honest journal,
"The New-York Freeman's Journal" have \ pleas
ant and easy way OF getting rid of reproaches are
very nard Protestant apses but when, IN return,
we are reminded that drunkenness is the bane OF
many O1 pcOpie, We dt Oncc reply IL 10 DoNh
the Devil never let's poor Catholics alone he does
not bother the others he knows he has them, any
howl Sweet and beautiful Christian charity this
such mixture OF selt-complaceLcy and Pharisaisml
Fortunately the third Plenary Council OF Baltimore
took different view of the matter"
The temperance sentiment is growing among Chris
tan people in Great Britain One religious paper,
"Thc Christian Commonwealth" has indeed begun
to talk about the formation of prohibition party in
England Such talk, OF course, premature but even
nov there a strong public opinion in that country In
favor OF restricting the drink evil Christian people
in England also with shame their responsibility
for the incompetence of the native races in India.
The recently delivered lectures OF Dr. Perowne,
Dean of Peterborough at Cambridge University, are
attracting great deal OF attention. la his lecture on
the Eucharistic Sacrifice" he not only assals tho
position OF the advanced Catholic party, but declares
that their teachings are opposed TO the doctrines Of
the Church.
On recent Sunday old lady attended service in
one Of the churches of New-Haven, and appeared to
pay the most rapt attention TO everything that
said and done. As the people were leaving the church
she said to stranger " The choir die we'll, didn't
theyi" Excellenuy," the reply. "Well," sue
said, I'll go aud tel some folks who will want TO
know. There was a 50 bet up that they'd break
down"